Need good QUIET cooling

[m00]

My box is about 7 feet away from me when I sleep, and well.. right now, I'd like to think that the ocean is outside my window. I want to make the thing more quiet. I have my power supply fan (new power supply with a very quiet fan), I have an case cooling 80mm intake fan, and I have a dual fan heatsink on my p3 slot 1 cpu.

What's the best solution to quiet cooling in general?
What's the most affordable solution?
What are the lowest decibel levels for cpu and case cooling fans?

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
RFLm00

 

[DanishGuy]

Hi m00...

Dunno where you live, but if you're from Europe like me, then check out www.webconsult.dk

It's a Danish & Swedish site, but the numbers speak for themselves, a cooler capable of moving ~100 Watts from your cpu@13dB is pretty f...... amazing! (Silverado 50)

 

[cirrus1]

DanishGuy Do you have the Silverado yourself? I have been wondering wether to buy it or not, so i'd like to have some input about it. Haven't been able to find any tests of it. I want it quiet but, i also have a fan on my GF2.

BTW: I'm from the DK myself. Og dette må være beviset 😉

 

[dartblazer]

what in teh heck does that site say? either one of you two who speak the language wanna get me one?

 

[jhites]

I installed a fanbus in my custom enlight case. I have a 120mm fan sucking in the front, 80mm blowhole in the top above PEP66 plus fan, 80mm fan in the rear of case above PCI/AGP cards and power supply fan. In all 5 pretty good size fans and 1 small fan on the video card all attached to a fanbus. I made my fanbus myself which reduces the current going to the fans from 12VDC to 7VDC and put each of the larger fans on a switch. When I flip the switch the noise level goes from sounding like a jet taking off to almost no noise at all. If interested you can find information located at Cliffs FanBus
This is very cheap solution as all you need is a couple of switches and some wire. My cost for 3 switches and wire was about $2US.